Re: [tlug] Alternatives to sed + awk

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

On 03/09/2011 12:47 AM, Nguyen Vu Hung wrote:
> I thought that Perl came first to you, and then Python and Ruby in that order.
>
> As I said in the original post, I need a natural programming language, so Perl
> is not an option.
>
> I won't leanr Ruby because simple I don't have time.
>
> Tcl looks good but it is completely new to me.


Ok, this kind of piqued my interest...

Perhaps this is obvious to others, but I'm not quite sure 
what you mean by "natural programming language"?  Or, what 
makes Perl unnatural or less natural than the other 
alternatives listed, including Tcl?  (Which I have used 
before, but haven't heard about it for years...didn't know 
it was still being used :-) )


> An old-school who has just came back to the list has sent me an private email
> that persuaded me: Stick with PHP!
>
> Well, rather than learning a new language, I think bash + PHP are good
> enough for me :)


The motivation to learn a new language is usually the 
hardest thing.  If this is for work and your employer said, 
"Ok, we are moving to this new language and I want you to 
take some time to learn it", then great.  In reality, most 
employers probably say something like "We want a result by 
some date"; such a statement makes it difficult to justify 
the time to learn something new...

Ray